TY - JOUR AU - Pastorino, Boris AU - Touret, Franck AU - Gilles, Magali AU - de Lamballerie, Xavier AU - Charrel, RĂ©mi T1 - Prolonged Infectivity of SARS-CoV-2 in Fomites T2 - Emerging Infectious Disease journal PY - 2020 VL - 26 IS - 9 SP - 2256 SN - 1080-6059 AB - We spotted severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 on polystyrene plastic, aluminum, and glass for 96 hours with and without bovine serum albumin (3 g/L). We observed a steady infectivity (<1 log10 drop) on plastic, a 3.5 log10 decrease on glass, and a 6 log10 drop on aluminum. The presence of proteins noticeably prolonged infectivity. KW - COVID-19 KW - severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 KW - SARS-CoV-2 KW - SARS KW - 2019 coronavirus disease KW - zoonoses KW - viruses KW - coronavirus KW - fomites KW - 2019 novel coronavirus disease KW - coronavirus disease DO - 10.3201/eid2609.201788 UR - https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/26/9/20-1788_article ER - End of Reference